Texas Border Business
WHO: McAllen Mayor Jim Darling; Cris Rivera, Chief Executive Officer, Rio Grande Regional Hospital; Chief Victor Rodriguez, McAllen Police Department
WHEN: Monday, September 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
Details of Crush the Crisis – Opioid Drug Take Back Day will be announced
WHERE: McAllen City Hall Commission Chamber, 3rd Floor, 1300 W. Houston Ave.,
Deaths associated with opioid overdose have skyrocketed across the country in the last decade.
In response, City of McAllen Mayor Jim Darling and Cris Rivera, Chief Executive Officer at Rio Grande Regional Hospital will announce a joint collaboration effort to educate the community and increase awareness of the dangers associated to the growing misuse and addiction to prescription pain medications.
The citywide and hospital efforts, in conjunction with the McAllen Police Department, will hold a Crush the Crisis – Opioid Take Back Day on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at Rio Grande Regional Hospital, from 9 am to 1 pm. Individuals can turn in tablets, capsules and patches of Codeine, Hydrocodone, Demerol, Oxycodone, Darvon and other opioids with a strict ‘NO Questions Asked’ policy in place at Rio Grande Regional Hospital’s main entrance located at 101. E. Ridge Road in McAllen.
For additional inquiries on the September 21, 2019 Crush The Crisis drug take-back day, please visit www.hcahealthcare.com/crushthecrisis or call 833.582.1970.
